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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 186407" data-attributes="member: 27">My overall opinion on the episode is quite positive.&nbsp; One thing that I noticed almost immediately is that Josh Reims (writing the episode) wanted the viewer to get a better idea of what was going on in the heads of the characters.&nbsp; Too often, the characters in season two seemed to just decide to do things without sufficient motivation or explanation.&nbsp; The actions of the characters seem pointless and meandering if you have no build-up or motivating factors.&nbsp; The Big Slap immediately told us that Adam would be doing his latest shenanigans because he wanted to get back in his father&#039;s good graces, while the ease with which Blake smacked Adam told me that we would no longer be enduring last season&#039;s dynamic where Adam was the apple of Blake&#039;s eye who could do no wrong.&nbsp; Blake got a lot more screen time and became more of a central force in the show, which was not how I felt Blake was being used in season two.&nbsp; Adam&#039;s scheming in season two sometimes seemed juvenile and shallow, but when given the right motivation, his behavior (while still creepy) can almost be justified.&nbsp; I actually found myself rooting for him to get the toe-tags properly switched in the morgue.&nbsp; Fallon&#039;s &quot;haunting&quot; got gimmicky by the end of the hour, but the interactions gave us a glimpse of a more human side of the quippy heiress who always acts like nothing can get to her.&nbsp; Even the scene of &quot;homeless&quot; Kirby bunking at her office, unlikely though it was, served to show Kirby was already learning that it&#039;s lonely at the top. (I say unlikely because the woman certainly could have booked a room in a hotel somewhere else in town--that&#039;s what credit cards are for).&nbsp; Her choice to strike out on her own (to &quot;create herself&quot;) rather than stick to being &quot;Fallon&#039;s sidekick&quot; or &quot;Michael&#039;s girlfriend&quot; will be, to quote Anders, &quot;the best thing that she could do&quot;.&nbsp; Sam&#039;s radical switch from selfie-addicted party animal to what looks to be a serious-minded businessman is another character &quot;creating himself&quot; and growing up, though I think a lot of fans will not be as happy with Sam finally growing up.&nbsp; They liked the old, superficial Sam and if the writing takes him too far away from that original characterization, some will complain.&nbsp;&nbsp; If Reims intends to provide more human glimpses of the characters like this rather than just rushing through plot-plot-plot, I could definitely get behind his tenure as Showrunner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 186407, member: 27"] My overall opinion on the episode is quite positive. One thing that I noticed almost immediately is that Josh Reims (writing the episode) wanted the viewer to get a better idea of what was going on in the heads of the characters. Too often, the characters in season two seemed to just decide to do things without sufficient motivation or explanation. The actions of the characters seem pointless and meandering if you have no build-up or motivating factors. The Big Slap immediately told us that Adam would be doing his latest shenanigans because he wanted to get back in his father's good graces, while the ease with which Blake smacked Adam told me that we would no longer be enduring last season's dynamic where Adam was the apple of Blake's eye who could do no wrong. Blake got a lot more screen time and became more of a central force in the show, which was not how I felt Blake was being used in season two. Adam's scheming in season two sometimes seemed juvenile and shallow, but when given the right motivation, his behavior (while still creepy) can almost be justified. I actually found myself rooting for him to get the toe-tags properly switched in the morgue. Fallon's "haunting" got gimmicky by the end of the hour, but the interactions gave us a glimpse of a more human side of the quippy heiress who always acts like nothing can get to her. Even the scene of "homeless" Kirby bunking at her office, unlikely though it was, served to show Kirby was already learning that it's lonely at the top. (I say unlikely because the woman certainly could have booked a room in a hotel somewhere else in town--that's what credit cards are for). Her choice to strike out on her own (to "create herself") rather than stick to being "Fallon's sidekick" or "Michael's girlfriend" will be, to quote Anders, "the best thing that she could do". Sam's radical switch from selfie-addicted party animal to what looks to be a serious-minded businessman is another character "creating himself" and growing up, though I think a lot of fans will not be as happy with Sam finally growing up. They liked the old, superficial Sam and if the writing takes him too far away from that original characterization, some will complain. If Reims intends to provide more human glimpses of the characters like this rather than just rushing through plot-plot-plot, I could definitely get behind his tenure as Showrunner. [/QUOTE]

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